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The Arsenal Of Democracy: Aircraft Supply And The Evolution Of The Anglo-American Alliance, 1938-1942
Gavin J. Bailey - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
Through a series of case studies, Gavin J. Bailey reveals new details of how Britain used American aircraft and integrates this with broader British statecraft and strategy. He challenges conceptions that Britain was strategically reliant on the US and reveals a complicated, asymmetrical dependency between the wartime allies.
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A Mother's War: One Woman's Fight For The Truth Behind Her Son's Death At Deepcut
Yvonne Collinson Heath - Hardback - Mainstream Publishing
Yvonne Collinson Heath will never forget the telephone call that changed her life for ever. On 23 March 2002, her elder son, James - a private with the Royal Logistic Corps - was found dead in mysterious circumstances at the notorious Deepcut barracks. He had a single gunshot wound to the head. It was a tragedy that to this day raises questions. 'A Mother's War' recounts Yvonne's anguish at losing her son, a boy who dreamed of serving his country but died before he had even reached his 18th birthday.
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Tomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
Andy Coogan - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-and-a-half-year nightmare of starvation, torture and disease. This is his story.
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Blood On The Streets: A Murderous History Of Limerick
Anthony Galvin - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
Galvin recounts the murder of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, shot by the IRA during a botched armed robbery, and the story of the last man hanged in Ireland following his conviction of the rape and murder of a nurse on a quiet suburban road. 'Blood on the Streets' also highlights the city's hit men, including the only hit man in the country to have been convicted of murder twice, and delves into some of the most notorious of the recent gangland killings.
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Killing Fields Of Scotland: AD83 To 1746
Roy J. M. Pugh - Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
'The Killing Fields of Scotland' tells the story of warfare in Scotland over 18 centuries. The book provides a graphic account of Robert Bruce's famous victory at Bannockburn in 1314 and also covers Culloden, the last battle to be fought on British soil.
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Scattered Under The Rising Sun: The Gordon Highlanders In The Far East, 1941-1945
Stewart Mitchell - Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders were posted to Singapore in 1937. When the Japanese invaded Malaya in 1941, the Battalion fought bravely until the surrender of Singapore in 1942. Those who were not killed became POWs. Of the 1000 men involved initially, over 400 died by their liberation in 1945. This is their story.
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Tomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
Andy Coogan - Hardback - Mainstream
Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-and-a-half-year nightmare of starvation, torture and disease. This is his story.
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Rogue Warrior Of The SAS: The Blair Mayne Legend
Martin Dillon - Paperback - Mainstream
More than fifty years after his death, Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. This text presents a rounded portrait of a man who was one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe.
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Flying Scotsman: An Airman's Story
Alastair Mackie - Hardback - Pen & Sword Aviation
This is the memoir of a 26 year career in the RAF, told with humour and modesty that belies the danger of flying over 47 different types of military aircraft in war and peace.
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Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft And Special Operations On The Front Lines Of Afghanistan
Anthony Shaffer - Paperback - Mainstream
This is a no-holds-barred account of the realities of an American spy working outside the conventional parameters of military conflict in a region culturally, geographically, and philosophically disassociated from conventional American war tactics.
The Arsenal Of Democracy: Aircraft Supply And The Evolution Of The Anglo-American Alliance, 1938-1942
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Add to BasketScattered Under The Rising Sun: The Gordon Highlanders In The Far East, 1941-1945
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Flying Scotsman: An Airman's Story
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